Usually means: Enzymatic breakdown of yeast cells.
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We found 12 dictionaries that define the word AUTOLYZE:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. autolyze: Merriam-Webster
  2. autolyze: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. autolyze: Collins English Dictionary
  4. autolyze: Wordnik
  5. autolyze: Wiktionary
  6. autolyze: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. autolyze: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. autolyze: Dictionary.com
  9. autolyze: TheFreeDictionary.com
  10. autolyze: Merriam-Webster

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. autolyze: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (autolyze)

▸ verb:  (biology, said of a cell) To destroy itself: to be destroyed by its own enzymes.

Similar:
autolyse, enzymolyze, autoproteolyze, lyse, cytolyse, protolyze, protolyse, lipolyze, autodigest, endoproteolyze, more...

Opposite:
heterolyze, allozyze, heteryze

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Similar:
autolyse, enzymolyze, autoproteolyze, lyse, cytolyse, protolyze, protolyse, lipolyze, autodigest, endoproteolyze, more...

Opposite:
heterolyze, allozyze, heteryze



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